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W. P. POPE.

PAPERHANGBR'S ROLLER.

Patented Nov. 9, 1886&

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Nrrnn STATES ATENT Erica W'ILLIAM P. POPE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PAPER-HANGEWS ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,351, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed April 7, 1836. Serial No.198,065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known' that I, WILLIAM P. PoPE, of Brooklyn, County of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Hangers Rollers, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

IO My invention has special relation to that class of devices known as paper-hangers rollers, and employed by paper-hangers for smoothing and otherwise treating or Operating upon wall-papers; but, manifestly, my im`- 1 provements may be employed in rollers of like general character for any analogous purposes. y The objects of my invention are, first, to provide simple, cheap, convenient, and effective means for properly securing the covering of muslin or fabrie upon the body of the roller, and adnitting its ready removal therefrom; and, second, to provide the roller With a divided yoke which may be readily delached and readily applied for use, affording the necessary end bearings for'the roller-axis, and insuring accurate movements of the roller while being used.

To accomplish these objects, and to secure other advantages, my improvements involve certain new and useful peouliarities of construction, relative arrangements or combinations of parts, and principles of-opera'ion. all of which will be herein first fully described, and then pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the body of a roller, showing the muslin or fabric sleeve or eovering drawn over the padding, but not seoured at the ends. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ends of the covering held in place according to. my invention, and the aXis adjusted to receive a yoke upon the ends. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing theroller made in two paris, the axis hav- 45 ing a central support, the ends of the covering on each part being Secured in acoordanee with my invention. Fig. 4 is a partial section and elevation showing' the roller mounted in the divided yoke, the axis having end bearings,

50 and the whole adjusted for use.

In all these figures like letters of reference,

-the body of the roller.

wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts.

A is the interior'portion of the roller, of any desired length. This is preferably nade in the form of a tube of metal or other material. In these rollers this interior portion generally has a padding of some elastic or semi elastic materia'l-such, for instance, as felt or rubber substantially as indicated atB. This padding may be simply for the purpose of affording a generally uniform and slightly-yielding surface, or, as is sometimes required, it may be figuredin a variety ofways and intended to reproduee (or print) the figures upon the paper, or to distribute colors thereon, or made to conform to the irregularities of the surface of the paper. Whatever may be the purpose of the padding, it is covered with a close-fitting sleeve of muslin or like material, such as represented at G. Heretoiore the sleeve or eovering has been commonly secured at the ends by tacking, the body of the roller being made of Wood. The covering quickly becomes soiled and has to be removed and a clean or dry eovering substituted. With the tacks the operation of mounting, as well as dismounting, the covering is difficult and unhandy, requiring much time and resulting in damage to the covering as well as to the roller, and seldom affording that smoothness and regularity at the ends that are practically indispensable. I make-the covering C so that it proj ects beyond the ends of the roller, as shown in Fig. 1. To hold itin place at the ends, I use metallic Ori-other plugs, such as D D, of such diameter that they'will wedge the intnrned ends of the fabric against the inner surface of the shell. The cover being drawn over the roller, the ends are turned in and the go plugs applied, as indicated. These. hold the cover smoothly and tigltly, and When being forced to place draw the cover so that the ends of the finished roller are quite even and regular, an important feature of a good working 5 roller. The plugs are perforated at their centers, and the axis D' of the roller is passed through the perforations, and thereby maintained in a central position with respect to` co Upon the interior of tube A are ledges or other stops, as a, which prevent theplugs from being forced in beyond a certain point. This means of se'curing .the covering may be employed in any roller, whether the aXis be connected with the handle through bearings at each end or a single hearing at the center. In Fig. 2 the axis is arranged. to be mounted in end bearings. In Fig. 3 it is connected with the handle H by a central plate or support, as E, and apair of short rollers are mounted upon t, each roller having the improved cover-fast* enings.

Rollers with the central supportfor the axis are employed in cases requiring the roller to be noved in close proxmty to some projecting objectas in a corner-whereend bearings would prevent the proper operation of the roller, all of which is well understood.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the axis is threaded at or near the ends, and the rollers are held in place thereon by nuts, as c c,which bear against the bottoms of the cup-like plugs. These short rollers are easily removed whenever it is required to place new coverings upon them. F F, Fig. 4, are two sections which together constitute a yoke, within which the axis s supported at each end, and in which the axis turns as the roller is used. The tangs f f of the two parts F F being brought together, form a cylindrical extension' upon which a thread or winding is cut, and upon which the handle is turned or screwed. WVhen thehandle isin place, the two parts ofthe yoke are firmly held together.

To prevent the roller from moving in the direction of its axis, I employ a couple of loose sleeves. as d 67, out of a length just sufficient to touch the bottoms of the plugs and the sides of the yoke whenthelatteris mounted in place. The axis being in place, the sleeves d d are applied and the two parts of the yoke adjusted so as to receive the ends of the axis. The

handle is then screwed to place, holding all firmly and properly. The handle being re moved, the two parts of the yoke free the axis, and the plugs may be withdrawn, the covering removed and replaced, and the implement reassembled, as will be readily understood. The yoke thus constructed affords the necessary rigid and durable bearngs for the axis, at the same time admittng of the ready and easy mounting and dismountng of the roller.

When constructed and arranged for operation substantially as above explained, the improved roller is found to admrably answer the purposes or object& of the invention as previously set forth.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desre to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'In a roller of the character herein set forth, the outer or covering sleeve turned in at the ends and held in place by removable plugs, substantially in the manner and for the purposes explained.

2. The combinaton, with the ro1ler, of the centrally-pertbrated rernovable end pl ugs and the roller-axis passing through said plugs, substantially as shown and described.

3. hi combination with a roller -aXis projecting beyond the ends of the roller, a yoke for receiving the ends of the axs, said yoke being made in two separate parts arranged tobe held together by the removable handlc, substantiall y asand forthe purposes explai ned.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. POPE.

W itnesses:

JOHN BUOKLER, WORTH OSGOOD. 

